The 1967–68 season was Derby County's 68th in the Football League and their 10th consecutive season in the Second Division.
1967–68 season | |||
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Chairman | ![]() | ||
Manager | ![]() | ||
Stadium | Baseball Ground | ||
Second Division | 18th | ||
FA Cup | Third round | ||
League Cup | Semifinals | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Kevin Hector (21) All: Hector (24) | ||
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Season summary
editIn his second season as chairman, Sam Longson appointed Brian Clough as the club new manager, who was coaching Fourth Division club Hartlepools United with relative success. Clough, arrived with assistant manager former Middlesbrough's Goalkeeper Peter Taylor and both parties agreed to a £5,000 annual salary for Clough and made available £70,000 to fund player transfers.[1] On 25 August 1967 Tranmere Rovers Central-back Roy McFarland arrived to the club.[2] Also, Scottish Forward John O'Hare was transferred in from Sunderland for £20,000 being an ideal partner for Kevin Hector.
During September 1967 Nottingham Forest Left-winger Alan Hinton was then signed by Brian Clough for £30,000.[3] Northern Irish winger Arthur Stewart signed to the club in December 1967 from Glentoran F.C.
After a good start of season reaching a 4th place, the team collapsed during winter and finished its 10th consecutive Second Division campaign at 18th spot. In League Cup first ever notable run, the squad advanced to the semifinals stage only to lose the two legs of the series against Leeds United which also, eliminated The Rams on FA Cup 3rd round. The season also saw Reg Matthews set the club record of 246 appearances by a goalkeeper, as he surpassed Harry Maskrey's previous record of 222.[4]
Squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
editIn | |||
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Pos. | Name | from | Type |
MF | Alan Hinton | Nottingham Forest | £30,000 |
DF | Roy McFarland | Tranmere Rovers | |
FW | John O'Hare | Sunderland | £20,000 |
MF | Arthur Stewart | Glentoran F.C. | |
DF | Jim Walker | Northwich Victoria F.C. | |
DF | Pat Wright | Shrewsbury Town F.C. | |
FW | Barry Butlin | Youth team | |
DF | John Robson | Youth team | |
FW | Richie Barker | Burton Albion F.C. |
Out | |||
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Pos. | Name | To | Type |
MF | Derek Draper | Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. | |
DF | Billy Cholerton | ||
MF | Nigel Cleevely | ||
DF | Ron Metcalfe | ||
MF | Frank Upton | ||
FW | Eddie Thomas | Leyton Orient | |
MF | Phil Waller | Mansfield Town | |
FW | Billy Hodgson | Rotherham United | |
FW | Ian Buxton | Luton Town |
Competitions
editSecond Division
editLeague table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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16 | Aston Villa | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 54 | 64 | 0.844 | 37 |
17 | Hull City | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 73 | 0.795 | 37 |
18 | Derby County | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 71 | 78 | 0.910 | 36 |
19 | Bristol City | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 62 | 0.774 | 36 |
20 | Preston North End | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 43 | 65 | 0.662 | 35 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Results by round
editA = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, Promoted to 1968–69 First Division; = 1968–69 First Division; = 1968–69 Third Division
Matches
edit19 August 1967 1 | Derby County | 3-2 | Charlton Athletic | Derby |
O'Hare 46' Hector 22' Ian King (o.g.) |
16' Bob Curtis 85' Alan Campbell |
Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 19,412 Referee: V James |
26 August 1967 2 | Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Derby County | Selhurst |
Bobby Woodruff 30' | Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 17,875 Referee: HG New |
28 August 1967 3 | Rotherham United | 1-3 | Derby County | Rotherham |
Laurie Sheffield | O'Hare (pen) Hector Buxton |
Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 11,088 Referee: F Cowen |
2 September 1967 4 | Derby County | 3-1 | Aston Villa | Derby |
Durban 49' Durban 69' Hector 54 ' (pen) |
5' Stobart | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 22,967 Referee: K Dagnall |
6 September 1967 5 | Norwich City | 3-2 | Derby County | Norwich |
Laurie Brown Hugh Curran Mike Kenning |
Report | Durban Hughes |
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 14,933 |
9 September 1967 6 | Queen's Park Rangers | 0-1 | Derby County | Shepherd's Bush |
85' Hector | Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,431 Referee: GD Roper |
16 September 1967 7 | Derby County | 1-0 | Plymouth Argyle | Derby |
Mike Everitt (own goal) | Report | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 21,516 Referee: ED Wallace |
23 September 1967 8 | Cardiff City | 1-5 | Derby County | Cardiff |
Ronnie Bird 81' (pen) | Report | 34' John O'Hare 84' John O'Hare 22' Kevin Hector 60' Kevin Hector 82' Kevin Hector |
Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,375 Referee: HG New |
27 September 1967 9 | Derby County | 4-1 | Rotherham United | Derby |
O'Hare Hughes Hector Hector |
Report | Laurie Sheffield | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 28,161 Referee: AWS Jones |
30 September 1967 10 | Derby County | 0-1 | Portsmouth | Derby |
Report | 79' George Smith | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 27,043 Referee: GC Kew |
7 October 1967 11 | Derby County | 3-3 | Millwall F.C. | Derby |
Hector 63' Saxton 89' John Gilchrist 88 ' (o.g.) |
Report | 7' Keith Weller 32', 39' Bobby Hunt |
Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 23,609 Referee: R Darlington |
14 October 1967 12 | Ipswich Town | 4-0 | Derby County | Ipswich |
Eddie Spearritt 25', 70' Ray Crawford 43' Frank Brogan 48' |
Report | Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,785 Referee: RA Paine |
21 October 1967 13 | Derby County | 1-0 | Huddersfield Town | Derby |
Barker 44' | Report | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 23,950 Referee: DW Smith |
28 October 1967 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 5-3 | Derby County | Burnden |
John Byrom 16' John Byrom 20' Gareth Williams 61', 71' Roy Greaves 65' |
Report | O'Hare 55' Durban 12' Hector 79' |
Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 12,631 Referee: P Partridge |
4 November 1967 15 | Derby County | 2-2 | Birmingham City | Derby |
Barker 49' Durban 56' |
Report | 73' Vincent 79' Bridges |
Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 25,484 Referee: P Baldwin |
10 November 1967 16 | Bristol City | 1-0 | Derby County | Bristol |
Chris Garland 68' | Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,919 Referee: TE Lockett |
18 November 1967 17 | Derby County | 0-1 | Carlisle United | Derby |
6' Chris Balderstone | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 20,850 Referee: LJ Hamer |
25 November 1967 18 | Hull City | 3-0 | Derby County | Kingston upon Hull |
Billy Wilkinson 6', 19' Chris Chilton 20' |
Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 14,767 Referee: JR Osborne |
2 December 1967 19 | Derby County | 2-4 | Middlesbrough F.C. | Derby |
Kevin Hector 24' John O'Hare 89' |
7', 68', 75' John O'Rourke 12' John Hickton |
Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 20,381 Referee: F Cowen |
9 December 1967 20 | Blackpool | 1-1 | Derby County | Blackpool |
John McPhee 45' | 70' John O'Hare | Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,113 Referee: K Howley |
16 December 1967 21 | Charlton Athletic | 1-2 | Derby County | Charlton |
Matt Tees 30' | 10' Richie Barker 70' (o.g.) Bob Curtis |
Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 12,078 Referee: JGD Lewis |
23 December 1967 22 | Derby County | 1-1 | Crystal Palace F.C. | Derby |
Alan Durban 50' | 84' Tommy White | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 20,224 Referee: V James |
26 December 1967 23 | Blackburn Rovers | 3-0 | Derby County | Blackburn |
Mike Ferguson (pen) Malcolm Darling Allan Gilliver |
Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 17,902 Referee: H Williams |
30 December 1967 24 | Derby County | 1-1 | Blackburn Rovers | Derby |
Kevin Hector 17' Richie Barker 70' |
8' Malcolm Darling 63' John Connelly |
Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 19,064 Referee: DNH Payne |
6 January 1968 25 | Aston Villa | 2-1 | Derby County | Birmingham |
Brian Greenhalgh 46' John McLeod 63' |
36' Kevin Hector | Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 23,805 Referee: LJ Hamer |
20 January 1968 26 | Plymouth Argyle | 3-4 | Derby County | Plymouth |
John Mitten 1', 15' Mike Bickle 47' | 11', 60' Alan Hinton 64'John O'Hare 88' Richie Barker |
Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,026 Referee: AE Dimond |
3 February 1968 27 | Derby County | 3-4 | Cardiff City | Derby |
Alan Hinton 47' Kevin Hector 50' Alan Durban 89' |
Brian Clark 4', 86' Peter King 31', 80' |
Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 18,096 Referee: LA Cussons |
10 February 1968 28 | Portsmouth F.C. | 3-2 | Derby County | Milton |
Mike Trebilcock 2' Ray Pointer 16' Bobby Kellard 62' |
5' Kevin Hector 79' Richie Barker |
Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 26,567 Referee: CH Nicholls |
17 February 1968 29 | Derby County | 4-0 | Queen's Park Rangers | Derby |
Kevin Hector 11' Alan Hinton 14' Arthur Stewart 62' Roy McFarland 82' |
Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 22,854 Referee: J Finney |
24 February 1968 30 | Millwall F.C. | 1-1 | Derby County | New Cross |
John Gilchrist 56' | 2' Alan Durban | Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,258 Referee: L Callaghan |
2 March 1968 31 | Derby County | 2-3 | Ipswich Town | Derby |
Kevin Hector 49' Richie Barker 69' |
36', 55' Frank Brogan 80' John O'Rourke |
Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 20,723 Referee: WJ Gow |
9 March 1968 32 | Derby County | 1-1 | Norwich City | Derby |
Richie Barker 17' | 62' Tommy Bryceland | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 18,644 Referee: CI Robinson |
16 March 1968 33 | Huddersfield Town | 3-1 | Derby County | Huddersfield |
Joe Harper 33' Paul Aimson 57' Colin Dobson 76' |
73' Roy McFarland | Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 9,326 Referee: H Richards |
23 March 1968 34 | Derby County | 2-1 | Bolton Wanderers | Derby |
Alan Hinton 4' John O'Hare 61' |
74' Roy Greaves | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 16,054 Referee: ED Wallace |
2 April 1968 35 | Birmingham City | 3-1 | Derby County | Birmingham |
John Richardson (o.g) Geoff Vowden Barry Bridges |
John O'Hare | Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,327 Referee: VJ Batty |
6 April 1968 36 | Derby County | 3-1 | Bristol City | Derby |
Kevin Hector 43' (pen) Richie Barker 73', 81' |
82' Alec Briggs | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 16,028 Referee: TJ Hill |
13 April 1968 37 | Carlisle United | 1-1 | Derby County | Carlisle |
Hugh McIlmoyle 46' | 88'Alan Durban | Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 8,009 Referee: G Singleton |
15 April 1968 38 | Derby County | 1-2 | Preston North End | Derby |
Alan Hinton (pen) Ron Webster (o.g.) |
Derek Temple | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,783 Referee: TW Dawes |
16 April 1968 39 | Preston North End | 1-1 | Derby County | Preston |
Ray Charnley | John O'Hare | Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,871 Referee: R Darlington |
20 April 1968 40 | Derby County | 1-2 | Hull City | Derby |
John Richardson 36' | 55' Malcolm Lord 58' Ian Butler |
Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: Att: 15,711 Referee: JR Osborne |
27 April 1968 41 | Middlesbrough F.C. | 2-2 | Derby County | Middlesbrough |
John Hickton 2', 88' | 57', 85' Kevin Hector | Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 13,123 Referee: G Singleton |
4 May 1968 42 | Derby County | 1-3 | Blackpool | Derby |
John Robson 1' | 17' Tommy White 38' Alan Skirton 82' Alan Suddick |
Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 20,635 Referee: GD Roper |
Football League Cup
edit13 September 1967 2 | Derby County | 4-0 | Hartlepools United | Derby |
Hodgson O'Hare O'Hare O'Hare |
Report | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,810 |
11 October 1967 3 | Derby County | 3-0 | Birmingham City | Derby |
Hopkinson O'Hare Hector } |
Report | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 24,827 |
1 November 1967 4 | Derby County | 1-1 | Lincoln City F.C. | Derby |
Barker | Report | Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 25,079 |
15 November 1967 replay | Lincoln City F.C. | 0-3 | Derby County | Lincoln City |
Report |
29 November 1967 5 | Derby County | 6-4 | Darlington | Darlington |
Report |
17 January 1968 Semifinal | Derby County | 0-1 | Leeds United | Derby |
Report | Stadium: Baseball Ground |
7 February 1968 Semifinal | Leeds United | 3-2 | Derby County | Leeds |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road |
FA Cup
edit27 January 1968 3 | Leeds United | 2-0 | Derby County | Leeds |
Report | Stadium: Elland Road |
Statistics
editPlayers statistics
edit- Substitute appearances indicated in brackets
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Second Division |
FA Cup | League Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ENG | Matthews | 45 | -2 | 37 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Richardson | 36 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Webster | 47 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | McFarland | 41 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
DF | ENG | Hopkinson | 25 | 1 | 20+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
MF | NIR | Stewart | 27 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
MF | WAL | Durban | 46 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
MF | ENG | Hughes | 35 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
MF | ENG | Hinton | 26 | 6 | 24+1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
FW | ENG | Hector | 49 | 24 | 41 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
FW | SCO | O'Hare | 50 | 18 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |
GK | ENG | Boulton | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
FW | ENG | Barker | 27 | 12 | 19+4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
DF | ENG | Saxton | 27 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Daniel | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Wright | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | |||||
FW | SCO | Hodgson | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
MF | ENG | Waller | 11 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Robson | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
DF | ENG | Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
DF | ENG | Walker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
FW | ENG | Buxton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Butlin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ENG | Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ Ward, Andrew; Williams, John (1 August 2010). Football Nation: Sixty Years of the Beautiful Game. A&C Black. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-4088-0126-0.
- ^ "We are the Champions: 1974-75 – Derby County". gameofthepeople.com. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ Lewis, Michael (19 April 2016). "Alan Hinton: the stylist in white boots who became America's Mr Soccer". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Glanville, Brian (19 December 2001). "Reg Matthews". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2021.